NOTE: If you do not have the items listed below, please wait until the next check-in day when you can bring them. If you are on a status that does not have one of the items below (e.g. H-4 visa holders don't have an I-20 or an I-901 receipt), please just bring all documents listed below that you have.

Passport

I-94 card

I-901 SEVIS fee receipt (F-1 and J-1 visa holders only)

All visa documentation (I-20, DS-2019 or proof of visa status change), for new graduate assistants: your offer letter with all of the required information

Any original documents that should be submitted to International Admissions (e.g. transcripts, diplomas or test scores). For clarification, please contact International Admissions directly.

3. CSSA Mailing list

The Cssa-l mailing list is an easy and convenient way to stay in touch with the Chinese community at ODU.

By subscribing to Cssa-l, you are supposed to agree on getting any messages from all other members and also to understand that whenever you send a message, it will be received by all the others. Everybody is free to announce something to all or to share information with those who may be interested No response to uninteresting messages is a common understanding.

Your privacy is protected by the mailing list system. Other members are not able to be aware of your subscribing or unsubscribing. You existence is realized by others only when you speak to them.

4. ODU ISSS Mailing List

The ISS-list is the primary means of communication for the ISSS office and is used to disseminate information of interest to international students and scholars of the University. All immigration law and ISSS/ODU policy changes will be announced there.

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